% Total Population that is Urban (2001, UN World Urbanization Prospects)

54%

Urban Areal Extents, by Source

Nighttime Lights Data

46

Regression-estimated Extents

20

Digital Chart of the World

1

Other

0

Notes

Administrative Population Source Data:

2001 population from Censo Nacional de Poblacion y Vivienda 2001, Instituto Nacional de Estadistica, downloaded from: http://www.ine-hn.org/ .
1988 population from the Direccion General de Estadistica y Censos,1988.

City Population, www.citypopulation.de; World Gazetteer, www.gazetteer.de

Settlement Point Coordinate Source Data:

NIMA, World Gazetteer

Urban Criteria for Settlements (UN):

Populated centres with 2,000 inhabi-tants or more and with the following characteristics: piped water service; communication by land (road or train) or regular air or maritime service; com-plete primary school (6 grades); postal service or telegraph; and at least one of the following: electri-cal light, sewer system, or a health centre.